Stereotypes: Racial And Social Theories
My belief is that everyone deserves to be respected treated equally despite their skin color, social class or sexual orientation. We should simply treat people the way we want to be treated. People would treat others with disrespect and … based solely on their appearance, without thinking twice how it would feel if that same attitude would be redirected at them. The two theories that have impacted my beliefs the most are social and race theories.People are constantly being mistreated on petty things such as how old someone is or skin color. I believe that those are not legitimate reasons to judge another human being.
I remember winter break of 2013 when I stayed over at my brothers house in West Seattle. He he needed to get something from the corner store so I tagged along. All is well at the moment. I notice the cashier staring at me. As me and my brother go to the cash register I continue to notice the cashier staring at me. As he pays for his items, I zone out while staring at the counter. As he notices me looking at the counter he comes to the conclusion that I was about to steal. Me not knowing what's …show more content…
Agism is being prejudice on the basis of someone's age. That's a part of what happened………...
As I said previously. I strongly believe on the fact that everybody deserves respect and the worker showed me everything but respect.Accused me a crime I did not commit and kicked me out the store threatening me to call the police. I believe this is an example of race oppression. I'm guessing the assumed norm is white and I didn't meet that criteria which led to the worker attacking me and going off on the basic stereotype that i was going to steal since I was an African American.
Throughout my young life I experienced a couple situations similar to the one at the corner store, therefore I know how hurtful it is when grown folks follow common
I remember winter break of 2013 when I stayed over at my brothers house in West Seattle. He he needed to get something from the corner store so I tagged along. All is well at the moment. I notice the cashier staring at me. As me and my brother go to the cash register I continue to notice the cashier staring at me. As he pays for his items, I zone out while staring at the counter. As he notices me looking at the counter he comes to the conclusion that I was about to steal. Me not knowing what's …show more content…
Agism is being prejudice on the basis of someone's age. That's a part of what happened………...
As I said previously. I strongly believe on the fact that everybody deserves respect and the worker showed me everything but respect.Accused me a crime I did not commit and kicked me out the store threatening me to call the police. I believe this is an example of race oppression. I'm guessing the assumed norm is white and I didn't meet that criteria which led to the worker attacking me and going off on the basic stereotype that i was going to steal since I was an African American.
Throughout my young life I experienced a couple situations similar to the one at the corner store, therefore I know how hurtful it is when grown folks follow common